Comment 8 for bug 246790

chris - ubuntu does completely piss me off at times precisely because of this

stage 1: Encyption between Windows and Ubuntu needed. Truecrypt seems the way to go.
stage 2: Look at the truecrypt web page, see how easy it is in windows and see how difficult it MAY be in ubuntu. No where does it say there is a GUI for Linux if you just type truecrypt, the only thing I wanted to know. Nor did I find this anywhere on various ubuntu documentation.
stage 3: reseach alterative ways of using truecrypt, decide easycrypt appropriate, a frustrating hour.
stage 4 install and uninstall easycrypt for another hour, thinking it was my all fault.
stage 5: find this page, nothing was my fault. dogugotu's post solves everything. I didn't need easycrypt, typing in truecrypt and 10 minutes later I had everything I needed working. The only remaining problem is that sudo truecrypt was needed to do the mount.

The point I'm trying to make is that it is just because the documentation is never quite finished or complete whole programs are created to provide a different solution. This is completely ludicrous.